Karegi Surname
Approximately 2,666 people bear this surname
Karegi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,605 | 1:17,727 | 2,113 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karegi (515) may also be a first name.
Karegi Demographics
Karegi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karegi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karegi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karegi is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karegi? popularity and diffusion
Karegi is the 163,013th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,733,513 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Karegi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Karegi is also the 372,418th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 515 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,605 people, or 1 in 17,727. In Kenya Karegi is primarily concentrated in: Meru County, where 33 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 21 percent reside and Tharaka Nithi County, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Karegi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Karegi surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karegi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis